REVIEW: Don’t Run Away from Come From Away (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The touring company of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Last night, Come From Away finally opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. This show, about an ephemeral moment of human generosity in a community two decades ago, opened on Broadway in 2017. The show earned Christopher Ashley a Tony for Best
BREAKING NEWS: Guthrie Theater Reschedules Raisin, Destiny Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 10, 2022 The Guthrie Theater has adjusted its 2021–2022 performance calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After catching emergent COVID-19 cases among vaccinated members in its forthcoming production of A Raisin in the Sun, the company has decided to temporarily shelve the production. Another forthcoming play, Destiny of Desire, is also being cancelled. The celebrated A Raisin
BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 Cancels Remaining Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Performances Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 The cast of the national touring company of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, whose run at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN has been interrupted due to COVID-19. As the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer smashed records and amassed an impressive 42 Top 40 hits, but
REVIEW: The All-Too Brief Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Ordway) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - December 31, 2021January 2, 2022 The cast of the national touring company of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Originally scheduled to run through January 2, the show's remaining performances at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN have been cancelled due to COVID-19. With many touring shows, you can blink and miss
REVIEW: Anastasia Opens, Prodigal Princess Returns (Orpheum Theatre/HTT) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 The North American touring company of Anastasia, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. The Broadway tour of the stage musical Anastasia opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last night. It was a long time coming: after originally being slotted to perform in Minneapolis
REVIEW: New Rhythms in A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 The cast of the Guthrie Theater's 2021 holiday production of A Christmas Carol, now playing in Minneapolis. Photo by Jenny Graham. Prologue Re-opening operations during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a work in progress, with many adjustments and surprises. One such surprise came with the opening of the Guthrie Theater's new production
REVIEW: Oklahoma! Retrospective: Reworking and Reviving a Classic Through Tone (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 18, 2021November 20, 2021 The national touring company of Oklahoma! played the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota from November 9-14, 2021. Photo by Matt Murphy. The national tour of Oklahoma! did not linger in town for too long. The Minnesota engagement was the formal launch of this tour, which sprouted from a famous (and Tony
FEATURE: The Children’s Theatre Company’s Bet on Warbucks – Annie Warbucks Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 The cast of the musical Annie, now playing at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lola Ronning (center) alternates as the titular little redheaded girl. Photo by Glen Stubbe Photography. Doors are open again at The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After many long months of morphing content online
INTERVIEW: Eva Price on Producing Oklahoma! in New York and on the Road Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 The recent revival cast of Oklahoma! on Broadway. A national tour branching off from this production performs at the Orphuem Theatre in Minneapolis, MN from November 9-14. Photo by Little Fang Photo. On Tuesday, Oklahoma! comes to Minneapolis. It has been a long time since this adaptation of Lynn Riggs' play Green
REVIEW: Ineffable Charm in The Red Shoes (Open Eye Theatre) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Kimberly Richardson stars in Open Eye Theatre's The Red Shoes, now playing through November 6 at Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Mark Vancleave. The Red Shoes is an easy show to enjoy and a hard one to concisely describe. The show pivots on a dime between physical